Published: March 1, 2023
Written by: Yves Engler

“Former chief electoral officer calls for independent inquiry into Chinese interference in Canadian elections,” blared the front of Friday’s Globe. The former head of Elections Canada, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, told The Globe, “the reasonwhy this is important is that the legitimacy of government is what is at stake. We have to trust that the electoral process is not being tampered with by a foreign government.
Turning to Kingsley to opine about election interference highlights Canadian hypocrisy and ties to the US imperial structure pushing to contain China’s rise."

"In thinking about the recent Stand Up To Racism event alongside the 1907 parade and riot, we could tell a story about how much has changed in a city now willing to turn out in numbers to drown out calls for a “White Canada.” But we could equally tell a story about how little has changed in a settler colonial city still organized around inequality and rage, including ongoing anti-Asian racism. Both of these arguments would be important and well supported with evidence, but here we want to reflect on a different issue. What questions does the 1907 event raise for us, and how do these relate to the questions we might ask–or more pointedly, often fail to ask–of the present?"

The full book is available at: https://openlibrary-repo.ecampusontario.ca/jspui/bitstream/123456789/570/5/Confronting-Canadian-Migration-History-1554310825.pdf 

Published: August 17, 2017
Written by: Lorraine Boissoneault

"While the Pacific theater was a major and well-known battleground of World War II, it may come as a surprise that Asian nations played a role in World War I. Both Japan and China actually declared war on Germany in hopes of gaining regional dominance. While China never sent troops into battle, its involvement in World War I was influential—and had impacts that stretched far beyond the war, going on to shape the country's future indelibly."